Margaret has spent the past 12 years working as a family therapist and systemic supervisor, working particularly with young people and their families. She has worked with families facing such challenges as mental/ physical illness, self-harming behaviour, emotional and behavioural difficulties, bereavement, and family conflicts. As a family therapist, Margaret appreciates that difficulties experienced by one family member can impact on all family members and also that the family can be a resource to overcome these difficulties. She has extensive counselling experience, running miscarriage support groups and working with families who have experienced infertility issues, still-birth or foetal anomalies.

Margaret has an MA in Systemic Practice and Family Therapy from the University of Northumbria and an MA in Counselling from the University of Durham. In addition to her extensive therapeutic experience she has a wide range of research interests including autism spectrum disorder assessment and coping strategies for young people who self-harm.

She currently holds the post of Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University within the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.

Margaret is a member of the Association for Family Therapy and is also registered with UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy).